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More Than Heavy Rain: Poems by Don Johnson is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is More Than Heavy Rain: Poems about?

More Than Heavy Rain brings together poems of intense observation culled from a life lived mostly outside. Set mostly around the poet’s home along the Watauga River in northeast Tennessee, the poems also reach out to such distant locations as Montana, Alaska, and post-war Germany. Some of them reconstruct the poet’s childhood in rural West Virginia. Some examine his family history, the events and relatives who helped determine the way he views the world. LIKE TURNING ON A SWITCH In a day and a night the leaves of all four Gingko trees in the courtyard fell, Fanned out in one direction by a south wind As if they had been deliberately laid. Even in half-light they glowed As if a door had been opened at mid-court Spilling brightness onto the grass. But there was no door, no room into which One might lead, no light to shine out, Just yellow leaves, four shadow-anchored Boats, straining to pull away with the tide.

Who reads More Than Heavy Rain: Poems?

Author

Don Johnson

Publisher

Texas Review Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781937875589

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities

Rating

5 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13